Due to the soaring global demand of environment friendly energy, the development of new types of energy-harvesting devices has been driven strongly. Recently, there has been interest in utilization of quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanowires or nanorods, nanonetworks, metal nanoparticles for surface Plasmonic effect, p-type materials for tandem cell structures and dye-sensitized solar cells, etc. Main issues have been focused on smart multifunctional materials and their applications for high-efficient and cost-effective photovoltaic cells and self-power generators. This special session will bring experts together from the different fields of state-of-art technologies of energy harvesting, which will foster the scientific exchange and collaboration. This session will welcome contributed papers related to the following topics (but not limited to):

A-14.1 - Smart Materials for high efficiency solar cells

• Materials for quantum dot solar cells
• Materials for dye-sensitized solar cells
• Materials for organic and hybrid solar cells
• Structured materials for high efficient Si-based solar cells
• Electrode materials for high efficiency solar cells

A-14.2 - Smart Materials for self-power generators

• Nanomaterials for self-power generators
• Piezoelectric-semiconducting coupled materials for self-power generators
• Flexible self-power generators and their applications

A-14.3 - Interfacial characterization

• Characterization of organic/inorganic materials for hybrid solar cells
• Characterization of hybrid materials for self-power generators
• Hybrid nanostructures for energy-harvesting devices

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